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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
Taken Up.

A RAY MULE, with saddl e-marks, but no visible
brand. lt,ne in right fore leg to my corral,
near the Camas Mill, on the 30th of December: is
spry, and young looking and weighs about 75O
pounds,
The owner is requested to call at my place, pay
charges, and take the mule away.
JAMES RICHARDSON,
At Ranch near Camss Mill.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
Strayed or Stolen.

From Sawt 10Th, last Fall. one SORREL MARE
seven years old, branded UH (combinedl on left
flank, with white pip in forehead one BAY COLT,
three years old, with white strip in forehead,
branded JHK tcombned) Oh left flank; one BAY
COLE one year old.
The undersigned will pay liberal reward for
any information of their present whereabouts.
fl. MCMANUS,
Care of the TIMES Office.
HALEY, Idaho, February 8, 1887.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
The Baxter Hotel, Ketohum.

PAUL p. BAXTER. proprietor. 10 the oldest
supplied with ever, thing the msrket sacsds.
The rooms sre large, airy and well furniahed.
when in Ketchum don't forget the fact or The lsca-
Ion Main street. below First National Bank. s2t
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
Discharge Lost.

The original discharge of John McFarlane from
the Eleventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry
has been lost since last summer. The document
10 of no use to anybody but the owner, who prizes
II highly. He will therefore feel under great OBJ.
legations for it's delivery at this Office its return
NJ d. Baker Post, G.. A. r., alley, Idado. del5*
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
THE DOLLAR COLUMN

Advertisements not exceeding an inch Tor ter
lines of small typel in length will be inserted in
this column for one dollar per week. fifty cents
the hrst insertion and twenty-five cents each sd.
ditional insertion-payRble in advance.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
KINnEI. 4 STEMAkT.

office No. 341 Lawrence street.
Manuf fscturers Of Excelsior aud Wool Mattresses:
Steam Carpet and Feather Renovating; Hair.
Moss Husks. Twine. Mattress Tufts, and
Tow. Postoffice box 2751.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
]. M. MoORE's SONS,

Blsclsmiths' Supplies, Miners Supplies, and
Hardwood Lumber. Black Diamond Steel
Horseshoes and Iron. Send for prices. No,
la. Fifteenth street.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
CORNFORTH & CO.,

Importers and Packers of Lemons, Oranges and
Apples, Nuts. Figs, Dates, cider, etc. Whole
sale Dealers in Confectionery. Send for
prices. Denver, Colo.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
S25 Reward,

The undersigned hereby offer S25 reward for
evidence that will secure the conviction of any
party parties using powder to kill fish in the
running streams of Alturas county.
j. NJ. BuRKETT, 4. DAFT,
c, ]. SELwyS, IA RUPERT.
+. G. COFFIN.
HALEY, Idaho, August 2, 1886.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
Wanted.

A Girl to do general housework in small fam
lily. Apply to j. s, WATERS,
Receiver of Public Moneys, United States
dec Land Office, HALEY, Idshe.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

Drs Starkey Palen have the liberty to refer
lin proof of their standing as physiciGns,l to the
following named well-known persons who have
tried their Treatment:
Hon VIM. D. Kelley, Member of Congress. Phils.
Rev. Victor L. Conrad editor Lutheran Observer,
Philadelphia.
Rev. Charles W. Gushing, Lockport. n. Y.
Hon. VIM. Penn Nixon, editor nter-Ocesn, Chics.
ga. Ill.
Judge Joseph r, Flanders, Temple Court. NY
Mrs Mary A. Gator, widow of the late DIR. Harvey
Gator, Camden n. j.
Mrs Mary A. Doughty Jamaica, Long Island. NY.
Mrs Mary A. Livermore, M-lrose, Mass.
Judge X. \. Voorhees,. New York CITY.
Mr. George " Edwards owner st. George Hotel
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Frank Siddall, Merchant, Philadelphia.
Mr. win. II. Whitley, silk Manufacturer, Derby
Philadelphia. Pa.
AM many others in every part of the Omitted
States.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

Dealers in Eastern and Native Lumber. Sash,
Doors, Blinds, and Mol'ldines Hardwood
Lumber of all kinds Planning Mill Work in
all its branches. All kinds of Glass. Office,
Blake street. between 18th and 18th.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

COMPOUND Oxygen-Its Modes of Action and
Results, ;" is the title of brochure of nenrly 2G0
pages. published by Drs. Starkev Palen, which
gives to all inquirers full information as to this
remarkable curative agent. and record of surpris
ing cures in wide range OF chronic cases-many
of them after being abandoned to die by other
phy sicians II will be mailed free to any address
on application.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
COLORADO sILyER-pLATING WORKS.

Silver Plated Amalgamating Plates for Saving
Gold furnish sd TO order in any quantity. Old
plates re-plated and made good as new. Rates
as low as the lowest. P. RIGNEY, 34 Seven
teenth street.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
II. B, COPELAND,

Manufacturer OF Art Stained Glass for churches,
dwellings. and public halls. sp acial Designs
for Figures, Memorial Windows, Cut En-
bossed Glass, Enameled Ground Glass Rolled
Cathedra! Glass. Holes Drilled in Glass.
Designs and estimates furnished on applioa-
ton. showroom and works, 18th and Blake
streets.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
d. T. SANDERSON,

Proprietor Of Denver Spice Mills. Teas and Cof-
fees. japanese Fancy Goods specially. No.
372 Lawrence St, near corner 10th.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
COLORADO SOAP CO.

COLORADO SOAP CO.,
Jno. R. Kennedy, President,
Sole Manufacturers OF the Celebrated Geyserite
Soaps, branded follows: National Geyser-
lite for laundry and bath: Pride of Denver
| Geyssrite. Zahn's Patent Geyserite: deyser
Sspone. Corner 18th and Delgsny SITS.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

When compound Oxygen" is inhaled, the
heart has impaired to it increased vitality. That
organ sen DIS forth the blood with more force and
lrss wear to itself the vital currents leave on
their circuits deposits Of vital force in every
cell of tissue over which they pass, and return
again to the lungs for new supply. This is a ra-
tonal explanation of the greatest advance medical
science has yet made.
"The Compound Oxygen Treatment Drs. Star
key Il Palen, No. 1899 Arch street, Philadelphia
have been using for the last Is years, is scen.
tific adjustment of the elements of Oxygen and
Nitrogen insgnetized, and the compound is so con-
dsnsed and made portable that 1t is sent all over
the world.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
THE NICHOLS MANUFAcTURING CO.,

--latest Improved Concentrating Machinery, for
all classes of ore. Mining, milling, hoisting
and sampling machinery of every description.
Office and works, 36th street and U. P. r. Il.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

DENVER FOUNDRY AND MACHINE CO.,
F. NJ. Davis, Proprietor.
Mining Machinery, Hosting Engines. Mining
Pumps Engines. Boilers, Saw Mills, and
General Milling Machinery. Office and works,
corner Eighth and Larimer streets.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

E. g. MeKiHLAY. Us. CARY. WA. McKINLAY.
NATIONAL MACHINERY CO..
Manufacturers and Dealers in Machinery for
Mines Mills and Smelters. SalesrooIn, corner
Seventeenth aud Blake streets.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
JACOB FITTING.

G. WINTER. JACOB FITTING
THE DENVER IRON FENCE COMPANY,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in Malleable and
Wrought Iron Fencing, Crestine, etc. All
kinds of Wire Goods. Bank and Counter Wire
Railing. Flower Stands, and Ore Screens.
No. 1874 Fifteenth street,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

ELECTRIC MEDICAL BELTS AND TRUSSES
C.K. Williams, corner 10th and Larmer SITS.
Belts with suspensory, $40, SIS $40, and $50 tgive
size waist. Insoles, 81 (giVe size shoe)
Trusses, etc. Goods by mail. Catalogues
free.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
THE VENTURE POWDER co.

THE VENTURE POWDER co.
Not in the Pool. Independent Ms to Prices. Man
ufacturers of all grades of High Explosives.
Thoroughly established in Colorado Send for
circular.
BARTELDES & CO..
Proprietors of Colorado Seed House,
Wholesale Dealers in Hay. Grain. Flour. Feed, and
Seeds of every description Send for cata
logue. Consignments and correspondence So
licited. No. 403 Holiday street.
HENRY LEE,
Dealer in Agricultural Imr lements, Field, Garden
and Flower Seeds, divers Chilled and Casa
dys Sulky Plews, John Deere Plows and Cul
tivators, and Mccormick Reapers and Mewers.
Nos. 3S2, 3S3, 394 and 3S5 Wazee street.
GOLDEN PAPER MFG CO.,
tR. C. wells's Mills G olden, Colorado,
Manufacturers of Wrapping Papers, and dealers
in Paper, Twine, and Printers Stock of every
description. Charles N. Knowles's warehouse,
1921 and 1923 Holiday street
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
ST. NEARH'S
ACADEMY
Salt Lake City,
Conducted by the
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS.
ST. MARY'S

SECOND TERM FOR BOARDERS Will begin
FEBRUARY /, 1887.
The Course of Study embraces all the branches
of thorough and accomplished education.
Languages, General Drawing, and Vocal Music,
being included in the English course, form no
extra charge.
Half.fare tickets can be procured for pupils.
Terms moderate.
For catalogues, address as above. jal0
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
A WE'LL TRIED TREATMENT

For Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia,
Catarrh Hay Fever, Headache, Debility,
Rheumatisn, Neuralgia, and all Chronic and
Nervous Disorders.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

CALLAwAY BROS. & D1NGwALL,
Wholesale and retail Oueensware, China, Glass.
ware, Plated Ware etc. Nos. 400 and All Law
renee street, King Block.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
HENDEY MEYER ENGINEERING CO.,

Smelling Furnaces, Crushers, Rolls, Stamp Mills,
Concentrating Machinery, Hooper Sinners.
Engines; Plain and Automatic Boilers; Hoist
ing. Steam and Cornish Pumps; Sample
Grinders,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
CHARLES E. KENNEDY,

CHARLES f. KENNEDY,
MIL and Mining Machinery, .er
Agent for Ingersoii Rock Drill Co. and the Cam
eron Steam Pump Co.. KoertiDg Injectors and
ventilators: Boilers and Engines Wire Rope;
Lubrica ating Oil. 244 and 2iG Seventeenth st.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

BADGLEY & WATKINS,
General Mining Supplies. Steam, Gas and Water
Fittings. Betting and Packing Hose Pipes
and Tubing Of all descriptions. Iron Roofing.
Washburn and Moen Wire Ropes, the best
made Representatives of National Tube
Works. Agents for Deane Steam Pumps.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

W. II. RUTKLR. JoHN WICH.
STAR BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS.
Runkle Wich, Prop'rs,
Msnufac tnrers of Water Jackets, Ore Cars, Buck
| cts, Water Tanks Roasters, Boilers, etc. Re,
pair work promptly attended to. Nos. 39l and
1893 Bassett street.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
MERCHANT PUBLISHING CO.,

MERCHANT PUBLISHING CO.,
Printers and Binders. Nos. 22O to 226 sixteenth
sire I. Stock Certificates, Mining Pamphlets
etc, a specially. All kinds CT Job Work done
on short notice. Prompt attention given tt
mail orders.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
NOVELTY MANUFACTURING CO.,

Rubber Printing Stamps, Seals, Stencils, Steel
Stamps Badges. Checks, Door Plates, Electric
Apparatus, etc. 2s4 Sixteenth street.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
DENVER DIRECTORY. CON

tt -
FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES AND ECLIPSE
WIND MILL,
Steam Pumps and Boilers. Hosting Engines. Let
ter Presses, Railroad and Water Tanks, Reser,
voir Tanks, Wind Mill Pumps, Wind Mill
Inspirators, and Grocers' Fixtures Fair
banks Co., 242 Seventeenth street.
THE DENVER ORE sAMPLING CO..
F. Dillingham;, Manager.
Office, No. 249 sixteenth street. Works, corner
Wazee and 3Sth streets, oD X. p r. r. track.
NJ. CRAFFEY. J. II. CRowELI.
DENVER BROOM AND BRUSH WORKS,
Craffey & Crowell, Proprietors,
No. $50 Blake street.
DAVIS, CRESWELL l. CO.,
4Os to Ala Blake ST.,
Manufacturers of Gas, Steam and Water Goods in
Brass and Iron. Contractors fer the Steam
Heating of Hotels, Residences and Public
Buildings.
A. G. RHOADS,
Manufacturer of all kinds of Crackers Jumbles,
| Snaps, Cakes, etc. Nos. 463 and 465 Holiday
street.
REPAIRS FOR STOVES
Made in All Parts of the United States Old
Stoves repaired equal to new. George A.
Puilen, 270 Eleventh ST., Denver, Col.
| EUREKA FIGURING MILLS,
| No. Home Comfort Favorite.
| This Is new mill, just completed-roler pro-
cess. We guarantee our Flour to be equal to
any in Colorado. Send for prices and samples
Also, proprietors of Creameries in Nebraska.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
THE JONES DRUG co

Dealers in Drugs Chemicals, and Photograph
Supplies. Corner A~lpaLoe and 18th SITS.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

DRS. STARKEY & PALEN,
aldw N. 1929 Arch street Philadelphia. Pa.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

NELSON HAIIoCK, W. r. HAvENs, J. ". NEsM1TH,
President Sec. 4 Treas. Supt.
COLORADO IRON WORKS,
Manufacturers Of Mining Machinery, Engines
and Boilers. Car Wheels heavy forgings,
bolts, etc. Office and WORKS. Wynkoop and
33rd SITS. Postofice box 1921.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

W. r. RUST, j. C. WILSON,
President aud Supt. Secretary.
THE DENVER PUBLIC SAMPLING WORKS,
Thirty first street bridge. Office. No. Windsor
block All Ores Sold to the Highes st Bidder.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

CHAs. H. SHAW. MARTIN ROCHE.
DENVER STEAM BOILER WORKS,
Shaw Roche, Prop'rs,
Practical Boiler Makers and Sheet Iron Workers
manufacturers of steam boilers, water Jackets
ore and buckets, and sheet iron work o
every description. Wszee and 35th SITS.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

c. F. HENpRIE, H. BoLTHoFF, f. B. HENDRIE
Prest. Vice Prest. Sec'y Treas.
HENDRIE & BOLTHOFF MFG co.
Manufacture and Import Mining and Mill Machin
cry Stamp Mills, Concentrators, Saw Mills
Samplng Machinery, Hosting Engines ant
Boilers. Dealers in Wire Cloth and Hoistins
Rope, Steam Pumps, Hose. Packing, Betting
Boiler Tubes, Pipe Fittings.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24
DENVER VARIETY MACHINE SHOP,

Thomas Crow, Prop'r.
Manufacturer of Improved Steam Engines, Shaft.
ing Pulleys. Hangers, Tools. and General Ma
chinery. Large display of NEW and SECOND
HAND MACHINERY. 433 Blake street
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-02-24

DENVER MANUFACTURING CO.,
EDWARD B. LIGHT, President.
Tanners and Manufacturers of Heavy Team Har
ness, Stock Saddles, Boss Rawhide Lariats
Horn Saddletrees, and everything for tn
horse. Wholesale and Retail. Proprietors o
the Rocky Mountain Tannery. Send 13 cent
for illustrated catalogue and price list Nc
3s4 Holiday street.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Travelling In Central America.

Thousands of oX-carts are still en-
ployed between the towns of Esparza
and Alajuela, the termini of the Costa
Rica railway, carrying freight over the
mountains, and it usually takes a week
for them to make the journey of thirty
five miles, often longer, for on religious
festivals, which occur with surprising
frequency, all the transportation bust
ness is suspended. A traveller who in
tends to take steamer at Punta Arenas
must send his baggage on week in adj
vance. He leaves the train at Alaiuela,
mounts mule, rides over the mountain
to the town of Atenas, where he spends
the night. The next morning at day.
break he resumes his journey and rides
fifteen miles to San Mateo, breakfasts
at eleven, takes his siesta in a ham,
mock until four or five in the afternoon,
then mounting his mule again, covers
the ten miles to Esparza by sunset,
where he dimes and spends the night,
usually remaining there, to avoid the
heat of Punta Arenas, until few hours
before the steamer leaves; and then, if
the ox-carts have come with his bag
gage, makes the rest of his trip by rail.
nv JpdihN 10 NV oh OiiS'
The scenery is wild and picturesque.
The roads are usually good, except in
the dry season, when they become very
dusty, and after heavy rains, when the
mud is deep But under the tropic
sun and in the dry air moisture evapo-
rates rapidly, and in six hours after
rainfall the roads are hard and good.
The uncertainty as to whether his
trunks will arrive in time makes the
inexperienced traveller nervous. The
Costa Rican cartmen are the most ire
sponsibe and Indifferent beings on
earth. They travel in long caravans
or professions, often with two or three
hundred teams in line. When one
chooses to stop, or meets with an acct
dent, all the rest wait for him, if it
wastes week. None will start until
each of his companions is ready, and
sometimes the road is blocked for miles,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28

awaiting the repair of some damage.
The oxen are large, white patient beasts,
and are yoked by the horns and not
by the neck, as in modern style, lash
ings of raw cowhde being used to make
them fast They wear the Jokes con-
tinually. The union is as permanent
as matrimony in land where divorce
laws are unknown. The cartmen are
as courteous as they are Indifferent.
They always lift their hats to cdbdlIero
as he passes them, and say, May the
Virgin guard you on your Journey"
Thousands of dollars in gold are often
intrusted to them, and never was a
penny lost. A banker of San Jose told
me that he usually received 100000 in
coin each week during the coffee season
by these ox-carts, and considered it safer
than if he carried it himself, although
the caravan stands in the open air by
the roadside every night. Highway
robbery is unknown, and the cartmen,
with their wages of thirty cents day,
would not know what use to make of
the money if they should steal it. Never
theless, they always feel at liberty to
rob the traveller of the straps on his
trunks, and no piece of baggage ever
arrives at its destination so protected
unless the strap is securely nailed; and
then it is usually cut to pieces by the
cartmen as revenge for being deprived
of what they consider their perqui-
site.-W. &. Curtis, IN Horper's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
The COaling Gangs in st. Thomas.

There are two or three coal wharves,
where gangs of negresses may be seen
at almost any time unloading the coal
from English and American vessels.
-Four or five men are employed in fill
ing the baskets (about forty pounds
each) and lifting them up to the car
riers' heads. The women trot one
after the other and dump their bur-
dens on the great coal pile, singing
very often the rude but not unmelodi-
Gus tunes that they have invented.
For delicate ears it is well that these
cannot be understood by foreigners;
often the words are as bad as possible,
and they form a very true index of the
beastly life that these poor creatures
lead. They are caste apart; only the
most depraved will enter these gangs,
and even the not overmoral town ne
crosses decline to associate with them.
The West Indian coaling gangs are a
disgrace to civilization. Whether the
coal merchants and the people are in
different or powerless, certain it is
that they have done nothing to better
the system. What it was twenty-five
years ago that it is now, and will be, |
believe, until machinery can be sub
stituted for all this hand work. 1t has
been pointed out hundred times that
the gangs are encouraged in idleness
and vice. These women at the wharves
get, perhaps, sixty cents per day,
which is twice the wages of an able
bodied country laborer. But when
steamer is taking on coal and the work
must be fastened the carriers are paid
according to their labor-a cent, or even
two cents, for each basketful. l was
told of one woman who carried four
hundred basketsful between sunrise
and dark, and often they work far into
the night. Commonly they earn
enough in day to keep them idle for
a week Idleness and depravity have
gone together ever since the time of
DR.. Watts, at least; depravity in its
worst form is what idleness has brought
TO these women, and it is another sin
for which our overstrained, breathless,
barbaroue civilization has to account
Herbert II. Smith, IN the Cosmopolitan.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
True Criticism.

Criticism is to find the good, not to
find fault nor to be satisfied with what
is bad. This slip-slop kindness nurses
confidence into egotism, deceives read
ers who are ignorant and disgusts read
ers who know the facts and brings the
religious press into disrepute. 1t is
much greater fault in the religious
press than in the secular press. 1t is
fair to expect more careful and more
truthful editing on the part of minis
tiers who publish their paper once a
week than from laymen who publish
perhaps two or three editions a day,
But we do not intend, on the other
hand, to excuse the ridiculous compli-
ments of the secular press. The
transformation of Browns neat little
cottage into a g slightly villa" and of
Smiths comfortable house into ga
palatial residence" the tendency in
writing of persons to eXaggerate
grossly on the good or the bad side
these faults of the secular press are
very enfeebling. Every girl who car
ries her head high is not "patrician in
appearance" every tall girl is not
"lithesome " nor necessarily evil
Lowry" The wedding presents at all
weddings are not princely," "gor-
geous," etc. The London newspapers
are far superior to our own in this one
respect. They are careful in their use
of words, whether in writing of persons
or things. They do not call every vol
ume of poems that appears "great."
Such criticism as that bestowed, for
example, upon the book entitled "Liber
Amoris " by at least one of our Boston
" weeklies " was absurd. The book is
a good book; there is fine work in it,
and it deserved commentator of
discriminating kind. But "the great
est poem published in this country"
" ranks its author among the great
poets," and the like, merely indicated
how unworthy the critic was of his
task. In writing even of ones friends
quite as much harm is done them by
foolish praise-more indeed than by in
discriminate censure. Neither the
book nor the individual is properly
treated when either is maligned or
puffed. Saturday Gazette.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
The Second Thought.

Sober second thoughts have done a
great deal of good and great deal of
harm in the world. They have kept
the evil-disposed from yielding to temp
tation in the line of wickedness, of
folly, of sin. And again they have
kept the well-disposed from following
their hearty and generous impulses in
the direction of kindly speech and con-
duct and of timely sympathy and help.
Rarely is ii the case that an impulse to
speak or to write to another in tender
ness, in gratitude, in admiration or in
trustful confidence is not safer and
better than the conclusions of sober
second thought on the subject. Sober
second thought sometimes gives the
devil the one chance he wants in the
premises-a chance which ought not to
be allowed him.-Philadelphia Sunday
school Times.